Technology
e-methanol is climate-neutral "liquid power"
In the production process of e-methanol, hydrogen is produced from water and electricity in the initial stage of the electrolysis process. Using CO₂ synthesis, this H2O is then liquified. The energy for the process is supplied exclusively by electricity from renewable sources. This produces the renewable fuel e-methanol. This can also be called "energy to go", because as a liquid it is mobile.
It all starts with electricity
Mobility only exists with energy, because it is only energy that can transport matter of any kind from A to B. Despite being one of the most attractive energy sources, electricity has a drawback: in principle, it can only be stored thermodynamically, mechanically or chemically (primarily in industrial facilities).
e-fuel production plants make power "liquid"
e-fuel plants transform electricity and CO₂ into the chemical substance methanol. As a base molecule, e-methanol also provides the basis for the production of all other variants of e-fuels. e-fuels can be produced worldwide at locations with access to renewable energy sources (sun, wind, water). Various industrial suppliers already offer production-ready technologies for this.
Surplus electricity from hydro, solar or wind power
The production volume of renewable electricity from solar, wind and hydro power is subject to major seasonal and weather-related fluctuations. e-fuel production plants are an ideal way of absorbing excess electricity production and thereby producing CO₂-neutral "liquid power"- e-fuels. Thanks to their excellent storage and transport properties, e-fuels provide an ideal means of bridging the gap between supply and demand in time and place.
